GLOBAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT IE 576 ASSIGNMENT: BARILLA SpA, Case Study ELABORATED BY: Jose David Padilla 1028909 Cindy Sutanto 1025458 Karina Anchecta 1025454 1. What factors, internal and external, contribute to the Barilla supply chain carrying large quantities of inventory? Be specific about how these factors increase inventory in the Barilla supply chain. Internally, their manufacturing process causes long lead time and slow responsiveness to quick changes in demands
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CASE STUDY BARILLA SpA (A) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1 COVER PAGE PAGE 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PAGE 4 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION – IMMEDIATE ISSUE PAGE 4 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION – SYSTEMIC ISSUES PAGE 5 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION – SYSTEMIC ISSUES CONTINUED PAGE 6 ENVIRONMENTAL & ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS PAGE 6 ALTERNATIVES AND / OR OPTIONS PAGE 7 ALTERNATIVE AND / OR OPTIONS (CONTINUED) PAGE 8 RECOMMENDATIONS & IMPLEMENTATION PAGE 9 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PAGE 9 MONTIOR
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Executive Summary In this case study response I will be providing analysis and recommendation on how to increase the chances the Barilla’s management idea of JITD would be acceptable and provide the reasons why it should be considered worthwhile. Issue Identification Barilla is a large vertical integrated corporation that makes pasta and bread products with flourmills, pasta plants, and bakery-product factories locate throughout Italy. It has used traditional distribution system, which
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Session 5 Case Study: Barilla SpA Executive Summary In order to reduce the strain that fluctuating demand is putting on our manufacturing and logistics systems, I am moving forward with an action plan to implement Just-in-Time Distribution at Barilla. Under the Just-in-Time Distribution system, Barilla’s internal logistics will determine the optimal levels of distribution necessary to meet customer demand. While we are likely to face opposition to this program
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CASE: Barilla SpA (A) I.Overview of the Case Barilla SpA (Barilla) is a renounced Italian manufacturer that sells several brands of pasta to retailers mainly through third-party distributors. The company was founded in 1875 by Pietro Barilla in Parma, Italy, on Via Vittorio Emanuele. The company passed through the hands of generations from Pietro to his son Ricardo, then to his sons, Pietro and Gianni. The sons “drove the Barillas deeply into debt”; in 1971 the company was sold to a U.S
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Home Work Chapter 1 to 12 Book Reference: Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., and Simchi-Levi, E., & (2008). Designing and managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies, and cases (3rd edition). United-States: McGraw-Hill. Excel sheet: Student Name: Shaheen Sardar Department: Industrial and Management Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea. Home Work 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Supply Chain Management Problem 1: Consider the supply chain for a domestic automobile. a
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